Jointly organised by
The National Cancer Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization
(IARC/WHO), Lyon, France;
The WHO Country Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka
PROGRAMME
26 29 May 2015
NATIONAL FACULTY
Dr Kanishka Karunaratne
Consultant Gyneoncologist, NCI Maharagama
nlkgkaru@yahoo.com
Dr Samanthi Premaratne
Consultant Gyneoncologist, NCI Maharagama
samanthipremaratne@gmail.com
Dr Himali Ihalagama
Consultant Gyneoncologist, NCI Maharagama
himaliihalagama@yahoo.com
Dr Kanishka De Silva
Consultant Oncosurgeon, NCI Maharagama
gksdesilva@gmail.com
Dr Ajith De Silva
Consultant General Surgeon, NHSL
adesilva60@yahoo.com
Dr Yasantha Ariyaratne
Consultant Oncologist, NCI Maharagama
yariyaratne@yahoo.com
Dr B.G.N. Rathnasena
Consultant General Surgeon, NHSL
nimalrsena@gmail.com
Dr Ranil Jayasena
Consultant GI Surgeon, NHSL
rjayasena@gmail.com
Dr N.M.M. Navarathne
Consultant GI Physician, NHSL
nmmnawarathne@gmail.com
Dr Hemantha Amarasinghe
Cancer Epidemiologist & Board Certified Consultant in Dental Public Health
Research and Surveillance Unit, Institute of Oral Health
hemanthaamarasinghe@yahoo.com
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Course Director
Special Advisor on Cancer Control
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
Dr Walter Prendiville
Senior Visiting Scientist
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
Dr Babu Mathew
Professor of Community Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre
Trivandrum, India
Dr Ashrafun Nessa
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, BSMMU
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Aylor S. Ramakrishnan
Additional Professor (GI & HPB oncology), Surgical Oncologist
Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India
LOCAL ORGANIZERS
COURSE SECRETARIAT:
Ms Sandrine Montigny, Screening Group
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
montignys@iarc.fr
09.10 - 09.20
09.20 09.35
09.35 10.00
Dr R.
Sankar
HPV vaccination
10.15 - 10.30
Coffee break
10.45 11.00
11.15 11.30
11.30 12.00
Premaratne
Dr H. Ihalagama
Dr R. Sankar
Dr S.
Visual screening
12.00 12.15
Dr N. Mapitigama
12.25 13.10
Dr R. Punchihewa
Dr W. Prendiville
Lunch
14.00 14.30
14.30 15.15
Dr A. Nessa
Dr W. Prendiville
15.45 16.00
Coffee break
16.00- 16.20
16.20 16.50
16.50 17.20
Dr K. Karunaratne
Dr R. Sankar
Dr A. Nessa
09.30 10.00
10.00 - 10.25
10.25 10.50
10.50 11.00
11.00 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 12.00
Dr R.
Sankar
Dr P. Hettiarachchi
12.00 12.30
Dr J. Fernando
Lunch break
13.30 14.00
14.00 14.30
Dr Y. Ariyaratne
14.30 15.00
Dr Y. Ariyaratne
Dr Kanishka De Silva
Coffee break
15.30 16.00
16.00 16.30
colleagues
17.00 17.30
08.00 08.15
08.30 08.45
Dr R. Sankar
09.00 - 09.45
09.45 10.15
10.15 10.45
10.45 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 11.20
Dr A. Nessa
Dr K.
Karunaratne
11.50 - 12.10
12.10 - 12.30
12.30 13.00
Dr K. Karunaratne
Dr R. Sankar
Dr A. Nessa
colleagues
Lunch break
14.00 14.30
14.50 - 15.10
15.10 - 15.30
15.30 15.45
Coffee break
15.45 16.05
16.05 16.30
14.30 - 14.50
Hettiarachchi
Dr J. Fernando
Dr Kanishka Da Silva
Dr Y. Ariyaratne
16.45 17.00
colleagues
09.30 09.45
09.45 10.15
10.15 10.45
10.45 - 11.15
Dr R. Sankar
Dr A.S. Ramakrishnan
Dr N.M.M. Navarathne
Coffee break
Demonstration of the FoBT kit with faecal samples,
demonstration of colonoscopy and endoscopic excision
procedures using videos
12.00 -12.30
colleagues
Lunch break
14.00 14.30
14.30 15.00
15.00 15.30
15.30 15.45
Coffee break
15.45
16.00
16.30
17.00
- 16.00
16.30
17.00
- 17.30
17.30 17.45
17.45 18.15
08.15 - 08.30
08.30 08.45
08.45 09.00
09.00 09.30
09.30 10.00
10.00 10.30
10.30 11.00
11.00 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 11.30
11.30 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
12.30 - 13.00
of oral neoplasia
Management of oral precancerous lesions
Staging and management of oral cancer
Non-surgical management of oral cancer
13.00 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 - 14.30
16.00 16.30
16.30 17.00
17.00 - 17.15
14.30 16.00
Dr R. Sankar
Dr W.M.
Thilakaratne
Dr Padma Da Silva
Dr D.K. Dias
Dr R. Sankar
Dr P. Jayasekera
Sri Lanka NCCP documents and early detection guidelines for cervix, breast and oral
cancers
Colposcopy and Treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Beginners Manual
Manuals on the role of cold coagulation and cryotherapy in the treatment of cervical
intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions
E-publication book chapter Treatment of precancerous cervical lesions
Training materiel on VIA, VILI, LEEP, cryotherapy and cold coagulation and other
electronic documents in PDF).
Breast, oral and cervix cancer early detection charts
IARC Manual on early detection of breast cancer
IARC Manual on early detection of oral neoplasia
IARC manual on colonoscopy and early detection of colorectal cancer
Selected literature on breast, cervix, colorectal and oral cancer early detection and
treatment
WHO Guidance note on cervical cancer control
WHO position paper on HPV screening
WHO guidelines on mammographic screening
IARC Publications (Sankar et al in Cancer Control by INCTR) on cervix, breast and
colorectal cancer early detection in primary care